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* Replication code for "How Political Science Shaped Federal Policy in the Biden-Harris Administration: Learning from Efforts to Democratize the Administrative State"
* Alexander Hertel-Fernandez
* ah3467@columbia.edu
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* Open log
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log using snapanalysis, replace text

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* Load data 
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use "surveydata.dta", clear

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* Main text results
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* Could respondents give specific barriers they face? 78% gave at least one barrier

tab barrier_none [aw=snapweight]

* Could respondents report on stress? <%1 report not having an opinion

tab stress [aw=snapweight]

* Did respondents talk about their application experience with friends and family or other recipients of SNAP? 47% report doing so 

gen talkfamfriendsrecips = programadvocacy_famfriends==1 | programadvocacy_otherrecips==1

tab talkfamfriendsrecips [aw=snapweight]

* Was time a barrier to participation? 10% report yes

tab barrier_time [aw=snapweight]

* Was time a barrier among folks who previously attempted to contact government agency about SNAP? People who previously contacted federal government twice as likely to report time as a barrier

tab barrier_time programadvocacy_fedgov [aw=snapweight], col

* Did respondents report being asked for engagement by community organizations? 36% reported such an ask

tab everaskedfeedback_commorg [aw=snapweight]

* Attributions of SNAP application experience to different units of government

tab mostrespapp_usda [aw=snapweight]

tab mostrespapp_wh [aw=snapweight]

tab mostrespapp_wh mostrespapp_usda [aw=snapweight], cell

* Table 2: Lack of Awareness of the Administrative Policymaking Process as Barrier to SNAP Participation

tab barrier_dkhowshare [aw=snapweight]

tab barrier_dkinfoshare [aw=snapweight]

tab barrier_dkcontact [aw=snapweight]

gen knowledgebarrer = barrier_dkcontact==1 | barrier_dkhowshare==1 | barrier_dkinfoshare==1

tab knowledgebarrer [aw=snapweight]

* Table 3: Lack of Trust in the Administrative Policymaking Process as Barrier to SNAP Participation

tab barrier_trust [aw=snapweight]

tab barrier_dkhowused [aw=snapweight]

tab barrier_nodiff [aw=snapweight]

gen trustefficacybarrier = barrier_trust==1 | barrier_dkhowused==1 | barrier_nodiff==1

tab trustefficacybarrier [aw=snapweight]

* Community organization engagement and federal feedback

tab programadvocacy_fedgov everaskedfeedback_commorg [aw=snapweight] , col

* Appendix 2: Balance statistics

sum i.age3 i.educ4 i.race3 i.hispanic i.empstat i.divisionnum
sum i.age3 i.educ4 i.race3 i.hispanic i.empstat i.divisionnum [aw=snapweight]

sum i.totalfaminc_quart
sum i.totalfaminc_quart [aw=snapweight]

sum i.numhh_bins
sum i.numhh_bins [aw=snapweight]

sum disabilitybin
sum disabilitybin [aw=snapweight]

* Appendix 4: Challenges Experienced in SNAP Application Process 

sum challenges_findapp-challenges_none [aw=snapweight]

* Appendix 5:  Community Organization Regression Results

reg programadvocacy_fedgov everaskedfeedback_commorg [aw=snapweight], rob

reg programadvocacy_fedgov everaskedfeedback_commorg i.gender i.educ5 i.empstat4 i.race3 i.hispbin i.age3 i.disabilitybin i.anychildinhh i.partyid7 i.polideocons7 i.polinterest i.totalfaminc_quart  [aw=snapweight], rob

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